Effects of 14-week Tai Ji quan exercise on metabolic control in women with type 2 diabetes

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Fu, Frank H ^b  

^a BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Metabolic Control; Tai Ji Quan; Type 2 Diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAI CHI; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TAI JI; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 52049117661     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08006119     Document Type: Article

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